Autographic register



Aug. 20, 1929.

Filed Jan. 25, 1926 L. JENSEN ET AL AUTOGRAPHIC REGSTER 5 Sheets-Sheet l j? ogs demas/v 5 CHA Aug. 2o, 1929.

L. JENSEN ET AL.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER I Filed Jan. 25.` 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 CHARLES L Wmv-ER AU8- 20,1929 L JENEN ET AL l 1,725,586l

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER iv Filed Jan 25. 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 ou/s JENSEN No CHAR/.Es L. l/V//VTER A119 20, 1929- L. JENSEN ET Al. 1,125,586

AUTOGRAFHI C REGISTER Filed Jan. 25. 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 mv-MKM Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

LOUIS JENSEN AND CHARLES L. WINTER, OF CHICAGO, LLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO UNETED AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOS, A CORPORA- TION OF LLINOS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Application filed January 25, 1926. Serial No. 83,624.

The present invention relates generally to autographic registers, and similar devices, for performing the function of producing manifolding copies upon superposed 'continnous strips of paper, and the invention has more particular reference to devices of this general character that are adapted to wind up or otherwise retain a recoi'd strip within the casing of the machine. In the present structure this rewinding of the recoid strip is accomplished in conjunction with the restarter devices and usual feed mechanism.

In manifolding machines for billing and the like, divers means have been employed to wind up or otherwise store the record or summary strip, which function is performed during the discharging of the tickets of the other strips, and to do this the winding shaft for the record strip is in some manner connected with the instrumentalities for moving the strips across the platen of the register. Frequently the winding shaft for the record strip, when the upper tickets are fed and discharged by the rof tation of a crank or handle, is geared with the main drive or master feed shaft so that it will rotate moie or less synchronously with said drive shaft, but such structures are objectionable because of the fact that during the re-winding of the record strip upon its spool the diameter of the i'oll of paper thereon, gradually increases and consequently a greater length of the record strip is pulled along at each rotation of the spool so that the strip will soon bind between its spool and the'driving feed rollers. This inherent objection is successfully overcome by the herein described structure, and in this connection there is provided a geared connection between the driving feed rollers or their shaft and the shaft of the spool with a frictional connection between certain of the gears of the train, in combination with means for stopping the rotation of the record spool prior to the time when the upper tickets or strips have been discharged or fed the desired length through the machine. There is also provided adjustable means for predetermining the point of stoppage of the record re-wind spool with respect to the discharge of the upper tickets in order that the machine may readily adapt itself for use with tickets of divers lengths. By stopping the rotation of the record re-wind spool prior to the completion of the feed of the upper tickets an amount of slack will be accumulated in the record strip between its re-wind spool and the driving feed rollers.

It is preferred to carry out this invention and to accomplish .the divers objects thereof in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being here made lto the accompanying drawings that form a part of this specification,

In the drawings:

Figure l, is an end elevation of the discharge end of an autographic register showing the present improvements incorporated therewith, portions of the upper mochanism being in longitudinal section.

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2-2 of Figure l looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the gear train upon the exterior of the casing or housing with the enclosure therefor in section.

Figure t is a schematic view of the geartrain within the register casing or housing.

Figure' 5 is a top plan of a modified form of our invention. Y

Figure 6 is a side elevation or detail of the modification shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a transverse vertical section taken on line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view of a paper strip such as used in the machine.

Figure 9 is a longitudinal section of the starting mechanism and assembled parts shown in Figure 5.

rlhe drawings are merely schematic for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the present invention, and in said drawings similar reference characters have been employed to designate the same parts wherever they appear throughout the several views.

The present invention has herein been illustrated in connection with a re-starter mechanism that is employed to initially feed the strips so as to move the normally operating feed rollers or disks out of registration with perforations or punch-holes previously made in the paper strips. Such a strip A having the punchholes B therein, is schematically illustrated in Figure 8. The

perforations or punch-holes just mentioned eXtend longitudinally of the strips so that the detached or severed tickets may be conveniently filed and said perforations are utilized for the purpose of registering the superposed strips and for stopping the feed when the end of each ticket or set of tickets has been reached.

In the drawings, 10, represents the side walls and 11, the writing bed or platen that terminates just back of the feeding mechanis-m, which lat-ter includes a solid roller 12 and having its ends journaled in posts 13 arising from the upper edges of thesidewalls. A tubular shaft 14 is `iournalcd in the side walls below the roller 12 and is provided with opposing roller devices that feed the paper strips and also co-operate with the punch-holes in the paperstrips for stopping the feed and for registering the superposed strips. These opposing roller devices coinprise sleeves 15 that are secured to the tubular shaft preferably one on each side of the center of length thereof, and are each provided with a circumferential flange 16 that is so located as to come into alinement with the punch holes in the strips as they pass through the register. Except when registered with the punch-holes, these roller devices are adapted to be in position to feed the paper strips when the apparatus is operated. Intermediate these sleeves the tubular shaft has a collar 17 secured to it, and next to the collar and surrounding the tubular shaft is a Vperipherally milled annulus 18 having a conical or tapered bore of greater diameter than the shaft 14 so that it will normally hang loose or eccentric on the shaft and therefore out of Contact with the upper feed roller 12. T his annulus is ad apted to be centered on the shaft and brought into frictional contact with said feed roller by a clutch mechanism consisting of a cone 19 that points towards the wide end of the bore of the annulus and is mounted on the shaft so as to be reeiprocated longitudinally thereon. This clutch cone 19 is secured to the adjacentor inner end of an interior shaft 20, over which the tubular shaft telescopes, by means of a transverse pin 21 that passes through said inner shaft 2O and also through opposite longitudinal slots 22 in the tubular shaft 14. The cone is kept urged towards the annulus by a coiled spring 23 that surrounds the tubular shaft between said cone and the adjacent sleeve 15, and the inner shaft 2O to which the coneV is secured does not extend out of the tubular shaft but is engaged by a plunger 24 positioned in the tubular shaft and having a head 25 that is slotted longitudinally as at 26, the purpose of which will presently be described. The opposite end of the tubular shaft 14 projects beyond its bearings inthe side wall of the register and is provided with an operating crank 27 by which it may be rotated, while inside the side wall the tubular shaft 14 is operatively connected with the upper feed roller 12 by means of toothed pinions 28 and 29 so that the two will be operated in unison whenever the crank is rotated. rl`he paper feed mechanism is shown in Figure 1 of the drawings in a position where the clutch cone has been operated to center the annulus 18 and position `the same in frict-ional engagement with the upper .feed roller 12 so that when the crank 27 is rotated by the operator the webs of paper between the periphery of the annulus and said upper feed rollers will have been initially fed far enough to move the punch-holes in the paper out of registry with the flanges 16 of the opposing roller devices.' It will be understood that when the paper strips are being fed by the upper and lower feed roller devices the feedwill stop as soon as a pair of punch-holes in the paper come into alinement with or between the respective flanges and the feed roller, and it is to move the paper out of position that the re-starter structure above described is provided whereby the perforations in the paper strips as moved beyond the anges 16 to permit the latter to operate on the paper strips. When the paper has been moved a distance to insure the clearing of the punch-holes from the lower feed roller devices the annulus 18 is automatically loosened by the withdrawal' of the clutch cone, which function may be performed in several ways, and for this purpose two types of the mechanism have been herein illustrated, in both of which a cam or worm sleeve is employed in combination with a pawl or finger projecting to the cam from a rock shaft for moving the inner' shaft 20 in a direction to throw out the clutch elements.

In Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings is Villustrated a clutch shifting mechanism which comprises a tubular shaft 30 that is journaled in the side-walls 10 below the restarter shaft, and within said tubular shaft is an inner shaft 31 that is reciprocable longitudinally within the tubular shaft and .ari ranged to rotate therewith. The inner shaft 31 does not extend the entire length of its tubular shaft but terminates about mid-way between the ends thereof where a cam element is secured to it. This cam element is in the form of a sleeve 32 having external threads 33 and it is connected to the adja cent end of the inner shaft 31 by means of a t 'ansverse pin 34 that passes diametrically through the inner shaft and through oppositely'disposed longitudinal slots 35 in the tubular shaft. Collars or stops 36 and 37 are respectively pinned to the tubular shaft upon each side of the cam element, and said cam element is normally urged towards the right in Figure 1 by means of a coiled spring 68 surrounding said shaft between said element and adjacent collar or stop 36. N hen the cam element is released as hereinafter described the spring 38 will force the element towards the collar 37 and move the inner shaft 31 with it, and in order to cushion the impact of stoppage of this cam element a smaller coiled spring 39 is interposed between the collar 67 and the cam element. A rocher-arm 40 is pivot-ally mounted intermediate its ends upon a bifurcated fulcrum post 41 projecting laterally from the side-,

wall of the register and said rocker-arm is positioned so that its upper end enters the slot 26 in the head of the plunger 24 and its lower end is disposed in front of and in alineinent with the adjacent outer ends of the tubular and inner shafts 30 and 31. Viewing the structure as shown in Figure 1, the rcciprocation of the inner shaft 31 towards 'the left will bring its end into engagement with the adjacent end of the rocker-arm 40 and cause the same to rock, which will move its opposite end inwardly or towards the side-wall of the register thereby forcing plunger 24 into the tubular feed rollery shaft 14 and move the inner shaft 2O towards the right (Fig. 1) so that the clutch conel 19 is released and the annulus 18 will be loosened to disengage from the upper feed roller 12 and discontinue feeding the paper so that the flanges 16 will thereafter continue the feed until the succeeding set of punch-holes arrive inA registry with the flanges.

The feed mechanism is actuated by the rotation of the crank or handle 27 which rotates the upper and lower feed devices and this rotation is transmitted to the tubular controlled shaft 30 through the medium of an idle gear 42 on a stub spindle 43 projecting inwardly from the adjacent sidewall 10, which gear is in mesh with pinion 28 on the tubular driving shaft and also with a pinion 44 fast on said tubular control shaft 30. rl`he means for moving the inner shaft 31 and the cam element towards the left (Fig. 1) against the action of spring 38 comprises a finger 45 projecting from a collar 46 that is adjustably mounted upon an automatically returnable rock-shaft 47, the latter being journaled in the side-walls 10 andhaving one end extended through the right hand wall where it is provided with a depressible handle or lever 48. At its opposite end the rock-shaft 47 is surrounded by a coiled spring 49 one end of which is secured to vthe roch-shaft by a set screw 50 and the opposite end of which is engaged with a pin 51 projecting laterally inwardly from the left hand sidewall. The finger 45 extends tangent to the tubular control shaft 30 and when the cam element is at the limit of its movement to the left (Fig. 1) it will be across the right end of said element, and

prevent its movement towards the right but upon the depression of lever 48 said finger is lifted far enough to permit of the passage of the cam element towards the right where it will be under the linger' so that the latter will enter the threads of said element upon the releasing of the lever 48. When thus positioned, the inner control shaft 3l will have been withdrawn from engagement with the rocker arm 40 and the spring 23 on the feed drive shaft 14 will push the clutch cone 19 into the bore of 'the annulus 18 thereby centering the latter and moving the inner drive shaft 20 towards the plunger 24 which is pushed outwardly shown in Figure 1. The re-starter mechanism is now ready to operate to feed the paper because of the fact that the punch-'holes have been previously registered with the feed flanges 16. Upon the rotation of the crank handle 27 the gears will rotate the tubular control shaft 30 and the co-action of the finger 45 with the threads 33 on the cam element will cause the latter to slide along on the tubular shaft towards the left which moves the inner shaft 31 outwardly until its end engages the adjacent low r end of the rocker-arm 40. llVhcn the rocker-arm fulcrums on its pivot its upper end will push the plunger 24 inwardly against the endof the inner drive shaft 20 thereby moving the clutch cone 19 out of engagement with the annulus 18 until the latter is released from its frictional engagement with the upper feed roller 12 so that thereafter the feed is taken care of by the flanges and roller until the succeeding set of punch-holes arrive in registry with the lower feed devices or flanges 16.

rithe record or summary strip is preferably stored or wound upon a` re-wind spool having a core mounted upon a spindle 53 that is journaled in the side-walls 10 and having awide disk-like flange 54 at its end with a ratchet or serrated wheel 55 outside said flange that rotates therewith in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. The summary spool spindle 53 extends through its bearing in the side-wall adjacent the crank 2T and its extended end is provided with a gear 56. The tubular control shaft 30 also extends through its bearing in wall 10 and is likewise provided with a gear 57 of approximately the same size as the gear 56 on the rewind spindle. Gear 56 is positioned in a plane close to the side-wall and is in mesh with a larger gear 58 on a stub-'shaft 59 projecting vfrom the wall; while gear 57 is positioned in a plane farther from the sidewall so as to mesh with a larger gear 60 also mounted upon the stub-shaft 59 beyond the gear 58 and interposed between the gears 58 and 60 are friction disks 58TL and 60a that are secured to the respective gears and are maintained in frictional contact with each other by means of a star-spring 6l that is bowed outwardly as seen in Fig. l of the drawings.

Thus it will be seen that should the rcwind spool be stopped at any time during the feeding operation the upper and lower feed devices will continue to function regardless of the time when the stoppage of the summary spool takes place. ly stopping the rotation of the re-wind spool at the desired time a. predetermined length of suinmary strip may be stored upon the spool and a certain amount of slack will accumulate between the spool and the feed devices.l

T his is accomplished through the medium of a bell-crank that is provided at its hub upon a bolt G2 secured to the sidewall, one of the arms 63 of which bell-crank provides a' pawl that extends alongside the wall to the ratchet wheel 55 where it is provided with serrations G4 adapted to be engaged with the teeth of said ratchet wheel. rl`he other-arm. (55 of said bell-crank extends upwardly from the pivot and a coiled spring 6() is connected to it7 with the opposite end of the spring secured to a set-screw G7 so that the pawl arm 63 is urged normally towards the ratchet wheel 55. A lateral linger (S8 projects horizontally away from the hub of the bell-crank into the path of a projection in the form of a set-screw G9 that adjustably secures a collar to the rock-shaft 47 so that when the lever 48 is depressed to render the re-starter operative and set the camssleevethe projection 69 will push down the lateral finger 68 and rock the bell-crank so as to raise the end of the pawl arm 63 from the ratchet wheel 55. The crank 27 may be now rotated which feeds the paper strips across the platen and out of the discharge end of the register, and as soon as the finger 45 moves to the end of thel cam-sleeves 32 and drops off the same to the tubular control shaft BO, the shaft 47 will be rocked which will release the projection from. the finger 68 of the bellcrank so that the latter will be operated by its spring G6 to move the pawl G3 to engage the ratchet wheel and thereby stop the rotation of the re-wind spool. Y The operator of course continues to turn the operating crank 27 but no further rotative movement will be imparted to the re-wind spool which has been stopped and the gears 56 and 58 and the friction disk 58L will remain stationary but the other gears and friction disk will continue to rotate until the crank has stopped. During this further operation of the crank the upper and lower end devices' l2 and 16 will continue to feed out the strips until the succeeding set of perforations come into registry with the flanges whereupon the further feed of the strips will be stopped. T his continued feed of the strips after the re-wind spool has been stopped will create a quantity of slack in the summary strip between the feed mechanism and its spool and thereby pre-vent a pull on the summary strip.

Another form of mechanism for control` ling the rewind spool of the summary strip is illustrated in Figs. 5, G, and 7 of the drawings. In this latter structure the upper and lower feed devices, the outside gearing for transmitting motion'to the summary spool, and the restarter mechanism, are identical or substantially the same as that above described in connection with the type disclosed in Figs. l to 4 of the drawings. ln the modified type the rocker arm 40 is dispensed with, and the rock-shaft 47 is positioned in approximately the horizontal plane of the tubular shaft 14 of the lower feed devices as seen in Fig. G which shows bothends of said rock-shaft are extended beyond its bearings. The left hand extension of the rock shaft 47 has a finger 7l secured to it which is of the same construction as linger 45 ofthe first described structure, and a coiled spring 72 surrounds said left hand extension with one of its ends bent over and pressing against the inner portion of the finger and the opposite end secured to a set screw 73 that is screwed into the adjacent side-wall l() so that the rock-shaft may be automatically returned to its normal position. The opposite extension of the rock sh aft has the depressible lever 48 secured to it and extending downwardly from the boss of the lever is a lug 74 that projects beyond a transverse pin 75 on the upper portion of the vertical arm 65 of the bell-crank that projects through a segmental slot 76 in the side-wall of the casing. When the depressible lever 4S is moved downward the lug 74 will engage the pin 75 and move the same towards the opposite end of the slot 7 6 thereby rocking the 'bell-crank and lifting the pawl arm 63 thereofl olf the ratchet wheel 55 of the re-wind spool.

rJhe end of the tubular drive shaft 14 opposite the crank 27 is extended through its bearing in the side-wall as shown at the left in Figure 5, and the extended portion is rprovided with longitudinal slots 77. The

cam element is slidably mounted on the eX- tended end' of tubular shaft 14 by a transverse pin 34a that passes through and is guided by the slots 7 7 The cam element is in the form of a sleeve 32a having threads 33a thereon, which threads are engaged by the finger 7l against which the finger is urged by the spring 72.

"Within the tubular drive shaft 14 of this modified structure there is mounted a solid shaft 7 8 that 'is adapted to be reciprocated longitudinally and is also rotated with the tubular shaft, and said solid shaft is long enough to extend from beyond the clutch cone to the cam element on the outer eX- tended end of the tubular shaft, to which cam element it is secured by the transverse pin 3e so that when the cam element slides upon the tubular shaft said solid shaft will lilewise be reciprocated. The solid shaft adjacent .its opposite or inner end is provided with a longitudinal slot 79 which is in registry with the slot 22 in the tubular shaft and the pin 2l, which passes through the clutch cone 19, also passes through said slot T9 so that when the cani element has moved the solid shaft 78 longitudinally a certain distance to the right the end of the slot T9 will engage the transverse pin 2l and move the clutch cone away from the annulus 18 to disengage the latter from the paper strip to render the restarter inoperative. A light coiled spring 80 is interposed between the inner end of the solid shaft 78 and the inner end of the tubular portion of shaft le so as to normally urge the solid shaft towards the left, and for the purpose of predetermining the distance the solid shaft will move outwardly or to the left a set-screw 81 is screwed into the t-ubular shaft. By turning the set-screw inwardly or outwardly in the tubular shaft as will be understood an adjustable stop is provided for. the cam elenient and the inner shaft which stop will determine the relative starting position of the cam element with respect to the linger 7 l and will consequently predetermine the point when the pawl arm (S3 will be dropped to the ratchet disk 55 to stop the rotation of the re-wind spool for the. summary strip. This will be the moment the linger rides olf the threads and positions itself in front of the outer end of the cam element. By the arrangement described a greater or less amount of slack may be provided in the summary strip between the feed devices and the re-wind spool.

T'vifhat we claim is:

l. ln an autofrraphic register co-acting strip feeding devices including a drive-shaft that are adapti'fd to feed a plurality of strips, a starting nielianism adapted to initially feed the stri ps, a spool for re-winding one of the stri ps, gears actuated by the drive-shaft for rotating said spool certain of said gears being frictionally related, a cani element rotated by said shaft, a depressible linger engaging said cam for causing the latter to move longitudinally whereby to render the starting mechanism inoperative upon the strips, and means connecting said linger and said spool and controlled by the movementy of the linger to stop the rotation of the latter.

2. ln an autographic register co-acting stri p feeding devices including a drive-shaft that are adapted to feed a plurality of strips, a starting mechanism adapted to initially feed the strips, a spool for ire-winding one of the strips, gears actuated by the driveshaft for rotating said spool element two of the gears being frictionally related, a cam actuated by said shaft, a depressible linger engaging said cam for causing the latter to move longitudinally, devices operatively connecting said starting mechanism and cam, whereby to render the starting mechanism inoperative upon strips when said shaft is moved longitudinally, a pawland ratchet connected with said spool, and means operated by the movement of said linger' to actuate said pavvl.

3. ln an autographic register co-acting strip feeding devices, including a driveshaft, that are adapted to feed a plurality of strips, a'starting mechanism adapted to initially f-'eed the strips, a spool for rewinding one of the strips, means for rotating said spool operatively connected with said drive-shaft, a cam element rotated by said shaft, an oscillatory linger engaging said cam for causing the latter to move longitudinally whereby to render the starter mechanism inoperative upon the strips, and means connecting with said linger and said spool and operated by the linger to stop the rotation of the spool upon the rendering of the starting mechanism inoperative.

l. In an autographic register co-acting strip feeding devices, including a driveshaft, that are adapted to feed a plurality of strips, a starting mechanism adapted to initially feed the strips, a spool for rewinding one of the strips, means for rotating said spool operatively connected with. said drive-shaft, a cam element rotated by said shaft, an oscillatory linger engaging said cam for causing the latter to move longitudinally, devices operatively connecting said starting mechanism and cam whereby to render the starter mechanism inoperative upon the strips, a pawl and ratchet connected with said spool and controlled by the movement of said linger to control the rotation of the spool whereby the latter is stopped when the starting mechanism becomes inelfective upon the strips.

5. In an autographic register co-acting strip feeding devices, including a driveshaft, that are adapted to feed a plurality of strips, a starter mechanism for initially feeding the strips, a spool for revvinding one of the strips, means actuated by the driveshaft for rotating said spool, a cam element rotated by said shaft, an oscillatory linger engaging said cam whereby to cause the latter to move longitudinally and render the starter inoperative to move the strips, a rockshaft upon which said linger is mounted, and means controlling the rotation of said spool and operated by the movement of said rock-shaft.

6. In an autographic register coacting feed rollers adapted to move a plurality of strips, initially operative feed devices coactively related with one of said rollers and including a reciprocable shaft, a spool for rewinding one of the strips, means operatively connecting said feed rollers With said spool to rotate the latter, a cam element operated by said means, devices for stopping the rotation of said spool, a reeiprocable shaft connected with cam element, and means operatively connecting said shafts, whereby the reciprocation of the Cam element shaft, operates the first mentioned shaft to render the initial feed devices in operative upon the strips.

7. In an antographic register coacting feed rollers adapted to move a plurality of strips, initially operative feed devices coactively related with one of said rollers and including a reciprocable shaft, a spool for rewindingr one of the strips, means operatively connecting said feed rollers with said spool to rotate the latter, a cam element operated by said means, devices for stopping the rotation of said spool, a reciprocable shaft connected with said cam element, and a rockerarxn fulcrumed intermediate its ends and having its ends coactively related with said reeiprocable shafts whereby the reciprocation of the cam element shaft operated the first-mentioned shaft to render the initial feed devices inoperative upon the strips.

8. In a autographic register coacting feed rollers adapted to move a plurality of strips, initially operative feed devices coactively related. with one of said rollers and including a reciprocable shaft, a spool for reivinding one of the strips, means operatively connecting said yfeed rollers With said spool to rotate the latter, a rotatable tubular shaft, a cam element rotatable With said tubular shaft and reciprocable thereon, a

shaft Within said tubular shaft and connected to and reciprocable With said cam element, a depressible finger for reciprocating said cam element, means connected With said finger for stoppingthe rotation of said spool, and means operatively connecting said reciprocable shafts whereby the reciprocation of said cam element moves said firstinentioned shaft longitudinally to render the initial feed devices inoperative upon the strips.

9. In an autographic register coaetingfeed rollers adapted to move a plurality, 'of strips, initially operative feed devices eoactively related with one of said rollers and including ar reciprocable shaft, a spool for rewinding one of the strips, means operativeli,l connecting` said feed rollers with said spool to rotate the latter, a rotatable tubular shaft, a cam element rotatable with said tubular shaft and reciprocable thereon, a shaft Within said tubular shaft and connected to and reciprocableV with said can). element, a depressible finger for reciprocating said cani element, means connected with said finger for stopping the rotation of said spool, and a' rocker-arm fulcrumed intermediate its ends and having its ends coactivcly related to said reeiprocable shafts whereby the reciprocation of the cam element shaft causes the first-mentioned shaft to move longitudinally Vand render the initial feed devices inoperative upon the strips.

Signed at Chicago, in the .county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this 6 day of January, 1926.

LOUIS JENSEN. CHARLES L. VINTER. 

